- it was quite hot/humid today but a very strong wind/breeze helped cool things off at times.
- the girls are starting to feel the affects of the trip (excitement, food, etc) and are a bit "battle weary"
- the first half we had the wind and sun against us and we had trouble getting the ball dee into the Freedoms half of the field
- the Freedom scored a very nice goal from outside the 18 yard box when we allowed their player to get within striking range and shoot (a lovely hard shot in the upper corner that V could not reach)
- the highlight of the second half was a great diving save that V pulled out of the air. She put on a good show in front of Freedom's Nikki Wright (Canada's ex-keeper and Freedon keeper coach)
- we bascially played a defensive game in the first half
- in the second half with the wind aiding us, our deep attacks were more prevalent
- however the Freedom are an excellent counter-attacking team and many of our deep attacks were turned around into deep thrusts by the Freedom
- we gave them one too many corners and they scored on a lovely corner kick / header combination
- the Freedom are a very skilled (1st touch on the ball was great); very fast passing; long passing team - this combined with a lot of movement off of the ball created a very tough team to play
In the end, the girls worked very hard (especially the centre backs) and although never satisfied with a loss, we were somewhat content with the game as we respected the Freedom's skill, speed, pattern of play, etc.
The weather turned a bit sour at the end of the game so we packed up and went back to the hotel to clean up and the girls went and relaxzed at a movie (Twilight - New Moon).
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